Q. Painting walls in bad shape?????

I removed the strippable part of the bathroom wallpaper.
I had done this before, sized the wall and re-papered. Now we wish to paint. I
tried steaming, wouldn't touch it. I bought a gallon of Zinsser Dif wallpaper
stripper liquid concentrate. Before I even tried it, my neighbor told me to
forget it. The houses like mine and his when built, all the bathroom walls were
covered with Sanitex (sp?). Minimum mudding was done all the drywall seams and
no sizing was put on the walls. An attempt to remove the paper will damage the
paper surface of the drywall.
I have two options. Put on wallpaper, or, I was told that there is a special
paper that can be put on the wall to enable the wall to be painted.
Has anyone used this paper? And does it do as advertised?

There are papers that have a pattern embossed in that are meant to be
painted. First you will have to seal the wall with an oil primer so the
glue doesnt reactivate and bubble. You realy should try removing the old
liner It may be less work in the long run. With papering you have the
cost of paper and hanging and at least 3 coats of paint to do. Your
house may not be as bad as your neighbors.

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